National Park of American Samoa

Common Names of Fish and Fish Families - Click name for more information

A	E	M	S
Acanthuridae	eagle rays	mackerel sharks	sailfish
albacore	Echeneidae	mackerels	sand darts
Albulidae	eel catfishes	Macrorhamphosidae	sand lances
alfonsino	eels	mako sharks	sandburrowers
Alopiidae	Eleotridae	Malacanthidae	sandfilefish
amberjack	Elopidae	man-of-war fishes	sandgobies
anchovies	emperors	mantas	sandperches
anemonefishes	Engraulidae	marlin	sardinella
angelfishes	Ephippididae	Megalopidae	scads
anglerfish	Exocoetidae	Microdesmidae	Scaridae
Anguillidae	F	milkfishes	Scombridae
Anomalopidae	false morays	Mobulinae	Scorpaenidae
Antennariidae	fangblennies	mojarras	scorpionfishes
anthias	filefishes	mollies	sea basses
Apogonidae	Fistulariidae	mono	seahorses
Atherinidae	flagtails	monocle breams	sergents
Aulostomidae	flashlightfish	Monodactylidae	Serranidae
B	flatheads	moonfish	sharks
Balistidae	flounders	Moorish idol	sharksuckers
bannerfish	flyingfishes	morays	shrimpgobies
barracudas	flying gurnards	Moringuidae	shoregobies
basslets	forcepsfish	mountain basses	sicklefish
Belonidae	freshwater eels	mouth-breeder	Siganidae
Bermuda cat-tish	frillgobies	mudskippers	silverbiddy
Berycidae	frogfishes	Mugilidae	silversides
big-eyes	fusiliers	mullets	silver batfishes
billfishes		Mullidae	skipjacks
blaasop	garden eels	Muraenidae	sleepers
blennies	gempylid fish	Myliobatidae	snake eels
Blenniidae	Gempylidae	N	snake mackerels
bonefishes	Gerreidae	narrow-snouted shovelnose rays	snakemorey
Bothidae	Ginglymostomatidae	needlefishes	snappers
boxfish	glassfish	Nemipteridae	snipefishes
Bramidae	goatfishes	nomeid fish	soapfish
bream	gobies	Nomeidae	soldierfish
bristletooth	Gobiesocidae	nurse sharks	Soleidae
brotulas	Gobiidae	oil-fish	soles
bulldog sharks	goggle-eyes	Ophichthidae	spadefishes
butterflyfishes	Grammistidae	Ophidiidae	Sphyraenidae
Bythitidae	gregory	Opistognathidae	Sphyrnidae
C	groundherring	Ostraciontidae	sprat
Callionymidae	groupers	P	Squalidae
Caracanthidae	guitarfish	parrotfishes	squirrelfishes
Carangidae	grunts	pearlfishes	stargazers
Carapidae	guppy	Pempherdidiae	Stegostomatidae
Carcharhinidae	gurnards	perchlets	stingfish
cardinalfishes	H	Percichthyidae	stingrays
cardinals	Haemulidae	pipefishes	stonefish
catfish	halfbeaks	platax	surf fishes
Chaetodontidae	hammerhead	Platycephalidae	surgeonfishes
Chandidae	hammerhead sharks	Plesiopidae	sweepers
Chanidae	hawkfishes	Pleuronectidae	sweetlips
chromis	Hemiramphidae	Plotosidae	swordfish
chubs	herrings	Poeciliidae	Synancejidae
Cichlidae	Hexanchidae	podges	Syngnatidae
Cirrhitidae	hinds	Polynemidae	Synodontidae
clingfishes	hogfish	Pomacentridae	T
Clinidae	Holocentridae	pomfrets	tangs
Clupeidae	houndfish	pompano	tarpons
conger eels	I	ponyfishes	temperate basses
congers	Isonidae	porcupinefishes	tenpounder
Congridae	Istiophoridae	prawn-goby	Teraponidae
cookiecutter sharks	J	prettyfins	terapon perches
coralgobies	jacks	Priacanthidae	Tetraodontidae
coralgrouper	jarbua	Pseudoplesidae	thicklips
coris	jawfishes	puffers	threadfins
cornetfishes	jobfish	pygmygobies	three-toothed puffers
Coryphaenidae	K	Q	thresher sharks
cowfish	kanda	queenfish	tilapia
crouchers	Kraemeriidae	R	tilefishes
cusk eels	Kuliidae	rabbitfishes	tobies
D	Kyphosidae	raingow runner	toothpony
Dactylopteridae	L	razorfish	trevallies
Dalatiidae	Labridae	remorras	triggerfishes
damselfishes	ladyfishes	requiem sharks	Trichonotidae
damsels	Lamnidae	Rhinidae	Triodontidae
dartfish	Lampridae	righteye flounders	triplefins
dascyllus	lantern-eyes	rockskippers	trumpetfishes
Dasyatididae	lefteye flounders	rudderfishes	trunkfishes
devils	Leiognathidae		tubelips
Diodontidae	leopard sharks		tunas
dogfish sharks	Lethrinidae		turkeyfish
dolphin fish	Limnichthyidae		tuskfish
dolphins	lionfish		U
dottybacks	lizardfishes		unicornfishes
dragonet	longfins		Uranoscopidae
dragonettes	Lutjanidae		W
durgons			wahoo
dwarf rockfishes			whipray
dwarfgoby			worm eels
			wormfishes
			wrasses
			X
			Xenocongridae
			Xiphiidae

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